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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-4013680

The Ferris Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $103,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $103,500

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $672,760

  • Tax year 2024

    $69,225

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $709,737

  • Tax year 2023

    $73,520

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $711,113

  • Tax year 2022

    $127,406

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $737,205

  • Tax year 2021

    $67,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $837,503

  • Tax year 2020

    $67,443

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $852,829

  • Tax year 2019

    $108,745

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $885,191

  • Tax year 2018

    $85,129

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $966,933

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Friends Upper East Side Historic DistrictNew York, NY

    General

    $25,000
  2. Museum of the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    General

    $15,000
  3. Preserve MontanaHelena, MT

    General

    $15,000
  4. Key West Literary SeminarKey West, FL

    General

    $10,000
  5. Park County Community FoundationLivingston, MT

    General

    $10,000
  6. Century Association Archives FoundationNew York, NY

    General

    $5,000
  7. Key West Film Society Inc (DBA Tropic Cinema)Key West, FL

    General

    $5,000
  8. James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation IncMillwood, NY

    General

    $3,500
  9. Philharmonic Symphony Society of NY IncNew York, NY

    General

    $3,000
  10. WNETNew York, NY

    General

    $3,000
  11. Preservation League of NY StateAlbany, NY

    General

    $2,500
  12. The Haiti ProjectPoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $2,500
  13. Friends of Key West LibraryKey West, FL

    General

    $1,000
  14. Fringe Theater of Key West IncKey West, FL

    General

    $1,000
  15. Shakespeare & CompanyLenox, MA

    General

    $1,000
  16. South Florida PBS IncBoynton Beach, FL

    General

    $500
  17. St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, TN

    General

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture6 grants $23,50055% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $13,50032% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $5,00012% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $5001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York8 grants $59,500
  2. Montana2 grants $25,000
  3. Florida5 grants $17,500
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000
  5. Tennessee1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Susan Henshaw JonesPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Richard EatonSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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